Combined packing-ring and valve.



B. G.'| E|-nf01-il COMBINED PACKING RING AND v ALvE. I APPLICAVTLONFILED OCT. 20.519 I3.

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- Patented 00h19, 1915.A

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pplcaton led cftob 2Q, 1313. Serial No. 735,336.

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'Be 'it known that; LBERTRAM C. KENYON, ctxe of the 'United States,residing Iylfshmvaka, in he couny of St. Joseph :md

` State of lmiana. have .nvenai ce1-tain new -auf useful Improvements mCombined c he Tami?. summ View of the eng r-e.

The 'engine is forms; space fm crunk and crfixw-^xf=f wd The basa 1Soyes.

"which may ham an zs upper fae :md ou two opposi side-a. Heads 2 and 3are held in ik@ side opening, 5 they ham limbs L @injecting -nwarl andstuing bornes The hubs abu the krank I 7? an each side, hus; preventingendvfse movement of the smf; i3. A pulley 8 iS sv ud to one end of Shaft:md a pinion i) s fast-@ned to the adler and. shot Shaf J ange ai the rpmxmx openings formed therein and leading through the sleeve 15 intospace 34 via small recesses 35 formed in the projection 22 of cylinderhead 23.

A water coolinfr space 36 is formed around the cylinder and suitableconnections are made therefrom to a similar cooling chamber formed inthe head 23 so as to encircle the spark plug 37. The water is led inthrough pipe 38 and" out through pipe 39. Suitable provisions are madeas'at 40 for oiling the inside and outside .faces of the sleeve '15. Abindingpost 41 serves for the attachment of the electrical connectionfor firing the charge. 'A stationary packing ring 42 is placed aroundthe projection 22 so as to seal o` the extreme upper end of the sleeve15 from the space 34.

Packing valve' sleeve 24 is split diagonally, as at 43 andthe edges ofsuch split are left sharp so as to continuously scrape away any depositsof carbon that may form around the cylinder ports. The sleeve has aseries of four upper openings v44 which serve the exhaust function ofthe engine and another series of-four lower openings 45 which are the.inlet orifices leading from pipe 25 to the firing space 34. An opening46 and a suitable pin is used to fasten the ring to the sleeve 15 at onepoint opposite the slot 43 so that the ring 24 may freely expand andslide in close contact with the inner' wall of the cylinderr Openings 44are approximately radially opposite to each other and the outlet ones 45are similarly disposed from which it will be seen that the slot 43 hasno effect on either the inlet or the exhaust. The sleeve 15 has a seriesof openings 47 formed therein so as to feather the supplemental intakeand exhaust and cause a gradualeffect to be pro- A duced.

In order that the packing ring may be placed on the sleeve 15 withoutdistortion a solid ring 48 is 'slipped on and'suitably pinned after thering 24 has been placed in position. If desired the packing ring 24 maybe made in two parts as shown in Fig. 5. Each part being separately heldon the sleeve`15 so as to break the continuity of slot 43. In this eventduplicate fastening opening 4G would'be formed in the upper half of thepacking ring.

F rom the foregoing descriptioi'i it will be seen that my device issimple to construct and efficient in operation, without having recourseto the usual complexity of parts. The supplemental supply of fuel is`believed to be of value in securing a greater average pressurethroughout the piston stroke and also providing amore equable action,free from wire drawing than has heretofore been found in internalcombustion engines.

If desired an ordinary packmg ring may be placed on the sleeve 15 belowport ring 24 and any suitable oil grooves may be formed on the sleeve ifdeemed necessary. What I claim is'- 1.' In internal combustion engines,a packing ring having a. series of ports formed therein, the said ringbeing discontinuous vdiagonally to the -axis thereof.

2. In internal combustion engines, a packing member comprising adiscontinuous ring having two series of openings formed -head projectinginto the sleeve, packing means on such head, and means for deliveringlubricant adjacent the extreme outer end of the sleeve.

4. In internal combustion engines, a rotatable sleeve, a cylindersurrounding the same, a piston shdably active therein, a

packing ring carried by the sleeve, a diagonal slot, outlet and inletopenings formed in said ring and means for holding the ring on thesleeve without destroying its elas- I' ticity.

5. In internal combustion engines, a cylinder, a piston Operabletherein, main 1nlet-and outlet ports of maximum area, supplementalintake and outlet openings of reduced area, suitable valvular' controlfor said ports and al series of adjacently placed apertures adapted togradually control the openings. t

' 6. A suitable base, anA annular recessed opening in the top thereof,annular openings on the opposing faces of said base, centrally alinedheads adapted to seat within and against the opposing faces, a crank"shaft supported by the heads, a cylinder concentric with the recesssecured to the base, a rotatable cylinder lining resting in the saidrecess, a piston within the same, and means for operatively andcordinately connecting the sleeve and the piston to said shaft.

7. In internal combustion engines, a base,

a, crank shaft therein, a/ylin'der supported on the base, a pistonoperable therein, connections therefrom to said shaft, main inlet andoutlet openings of maximum area formed in said cylinder, supplementaryintake and outgo apertures of minimum also formed therein, and suitablevalve mechanism Vadapted to control the relation of such openings to themovements of the piston.

8. In internal combustion engines, a cylinder, a removable headtherefor, a projection leerling therefrom into said cylinder, portailrecesses formeel in the periphery of said projection, Companion openingsormeil in tlie wells of the cylinder, and suitable i 'Villar controltherebetween.

l. ln internal combustion engines, a, snit :ible leise, n cylinderattached thereto, a revollible sleeve, a ernnk shaft having nearing inthe base, connections from the piston to i the crank, other actuatingconnections from szli i shaft to said sleeve and ineens comprisingy ncombined pecking' and valve ring cerrierl by the sleeve having portstherethrough :intl l slot reueliingfroni edge to edge wlierel by theintake, outgo of the cylinder :incl any deposits thereon areautomatically controlled.

l0. suitable base, removable heads secured. thereto in axial alinenientwith each other, e cylinder supported opposite recessed opening of saidbase, a rotatable lining n'niltzineously operable in the base andcylinder, i piston within the lining, a crank shaft y l D il i l in seidheads, and means for ectufltin seid shaft from the piston and saidsleeve from the shaft.

ll. In internal combustion engines, a packing ring comprising twoseperate inembers operative adjacent each other, and dif ferentiellyplaced slots and ports in said rings. v

Q. ln internal combustion engines, a rotatable sleeve, a cylindersurrounding the seme, a piston therein, one or more packing ringssupported thereby, suitable openings formed in said rings, and aremovable ren taining ring secured to the sleeve so as to prevententlwise displacement of the packing rings and also permitting of theirbeing assembled 'without distortion.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BERTRAM KENYUN. lVitnesses EDWIN F. Moons, Emme GUY RICHARDS.

